Left-hander Paul Oseguera (La Costa Canyon/UCLA) has pitched his way around the world.

A 16th-round draft pick of the Giants in 2006, Oseguera has pitched in the Northwest League, the California League, the Eastern League, the South Atlantic League and the independent Atlantic League in the U.S.

He had his most success pitching for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League, going 11-5 in 2011 and 12-6 last season.

Oseguera started this season with Reynosa of the Mexican League, and he was having a great year. After 19 starts, Oseguera was 8-7 with four shutouts. He was leading the league with a 3.00 ERA and strikeouts — 124 in 123 innings.

But he finally had a chance at a decent payday, asked for his release, and signed July 26 for $225,000 with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks for the Japanese Pacific League.

Fukuoka is about 500 miles south of Tokyo.

Oddly, Oseguera hasn’t pitched for the Hawks, being assigned to the team’s Western League farm club, where he is 3-1 with a 3.00 ERA.

Former big leaguers Brian Falkenborg and Vicente Padilla are on the same club, a team that is 53-35 and leads the league by six games.

The Pacific League Hawks are in third place, 6½ games behind the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and a game behind the Chiba Lotte Marines.

Back in action

Left-hander Ian Clarkin (Madison), a first-round pick of the Yankees in June, made his professional debut on Aug 20, hurling a shutout inning for the Gulf Coast League Yankees against the Braves.

Clarkin suffered a badly sprained ankle on his first day of training camp and missed almost two months.

Second baseman Gosuke Katoh (Rancho Bernardo), the Yankees’ second-round pick in June, is hitting .318 with 11 doubles, five triples, six homers and 24 RBIs in 46 games.

Notes

Left-hander Dan Camarena (Cathedral Catholic) is 4-6 with a 4.36 ERA in 24 appearances over 107 1/3 innings for Charleston, the Yankees’ club in the South Atlantic League. He has allowed just one run on seven hits in his last two appearances, covering 11 innings.

• Right-hander Patrick Christensen (La Jolla/LaSalle), a 27th-round pick of the Astros in June, has pitched 10 2/3 innings with 15 strikeouts and a 0.84 ERA in six games since being promoted to Quad Cities of the Midwest League. In 20 professional appearances, he’s 1-1 with a 2.55 ERA. He has 31 strikeouts in 24 2/3 innings while allowing just 17 hits and three walks.

• Right-hander Johnnie Lowe (Point Loma Nazarene) is 0-1 with a 3.80 ERA in 34 appearances for Triple-A Nashville in the Brewers system. In his last 10 games, he has a 1.42 ERA with 14 strikeouts and three walks in 12 2/3 innings.

• Right-hander Ryan Doran (San Diego State), who signed with the Diamondbacks as a free agent, earned a promotion from the Arizona Rookie League to Hillsboro of the Northwest League where he has a 1.93 ERA over 14 innings in two starts. In 12 pro appearances, he’s 4-2 with a 3.07 ERA. Doran has 78 strikeouts and eight walks in 70 1/3 innings.

The minor-league report will run weekly through the end of the minor-league regular season. If you have information on a San Diego-area player who is doing well, please contact John Maffei at john.maffei@utsandiego.com.